Cooking > Special diets and health

A new cookbook by the pioneer of delicious gluten-free food offers mouthwatering vegetarian recipes for gluten-free eaters. Whether it's because of food allergies, celiac disease, or dietary preferences, more and more people want to eliminate gluten from their diet. Many are looking for hearty, flavor-packed vegetarian and vegan options to increase their energy and make healthy choices for their families and the environment. At last, Carol Fenster-one of the country's foremost experts on special diets and an author of several popul... read more

A substantial vegan and sugar-free recipe book with over 520 full colour photographs of every recipe, covering all possible meals from breakfasts, spreads, lunches, soups, dinners, tofu & tempeh recipes, one pot meals, home-made pasta, savoury baking, sweet baking, desserts, snacks and drinks. Lots of hints show how easy it is to replace eggs, dairy and sugar in sweet baking and desserts; an extended nutritional table appears in the back of the book for those recipes.

100 delicious and healthy recipes prepared according to the wheat and gluten-free guidelines. The recipes cover a variety of food, including multicultural cuisine, with a healthy twist on many tasty favourites. Colour photographs of many recipes.

This up-to-date and informative guide aims to increase your awareness of the contents of the food you eat every day. Armed with the right information, you will be able to make wise food choices for you and your family.

Scrumptious ideas for low-fat, low GI meals.

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It's easy to get children to eat healthy fruit and veg, if you know how. Simply serve up delicious smoothies and juices, packed with good ingredients, and kids will come back for more! This work features over 50 mouthwatering juices and smoothies designed specifically for children. Quick and easy to prepare, each recipe is guaranteed to boost health and vitality as well as tasting delicious. Using fruit and vegetable based recipes to ensure that your little ones get all the vitamins and minerals they need, get kids to enjoy fruit... read more

This book is aimed at the millions of people suffering from sensitivity to wheat, dairy products and gluten. If you are told that you must follow a wheat, gluten or dairy free diet, where do you begin to work out what you can eat safely? One thing is for sure you will have to start cooking for yourself at home since there are very few ready meals available that will be suitable for your restricted diet. The simplest and safest course is to prepare your own meals, that way you will know for certain that your food does not include an... read more

As the parent of a child with food allergies Alison Orman understands the challenges. In this accessible book she explains what food allergies are and gives sensible-practical advice on how to live and manage them.
With paediatrician Dr Preeti Joshi, she helps parents to navigate common problems and work out long-term solutions to keeping their child happy, healthy and well fed.
Straightforward and reassuring, this is a book for everyone involved in the life of a food-allergic child.

Covering a wide variety of cakes, pies, cupcakes, mousses and French pastries, "Sweet Vegan" is the cookbook for anyone who likes to indulge in guilt-free goodness. Emily Mainquist's vegan desserts are moist, rich, flavoursome and cholesterol-free. They're easy to make and taste just as amazing as their non-vegan counterparts, if not better. Every recipe in the book is vegan, but Emily also includes a recipe for her much sought-after, gluten-free flour mix so that many recipes are adaptable for gluten-free diets, and she offers a f... read more

Discover the pleasures of tea with Margaret Roberts. Here you will find the way to make every type of herbal tea. Tea has health benefits for everyone, and each tea recipe includes the health and well-being results from the simple cup. Calming or energising tea, infusions to solve kidney, liver, skin and hair problems are all included. From kidney stones to weight loss, arthritis to fertility, herbal teas are known remedies. Contains over 55 recipes for tea using ingredients that can be found in any fresh herbs or spices outlet. A... read more

When Simon Rimmer bought a small vegetarian restaurant, he had no idea how to cook. Armed with two cookbooks and heaps of enthusiasm, he and a friend created the best vegetarian restaurant in Manchester, famous for its unusual food and lovely atmosphere. A confirmed meat eater, Simon had to rethink his cooking and has created vegetarian recipes to please even the most dedicated carnivore. This book is a collection of some of his recipes that are quick to prepare but totally delicious. From good old favourites like macaroni cheese t... read more

Need a quick way to check calories, carbohydrates, and fat? With the more than 17,000 food listings, 200 fast-food chains, & restaurant, plus a new alcohol counter and guide, it's easy to compare foods at a glance. Find hidden calories, fat, and carbohydrates. You'll know which foods to avoid. Better yet, you'll know which ones you can eat and still accomplish your weight and health goals.

Coeliacs are people who suffer from a sensitive reaction to gluten, which is the protein found in wheat and rye. Similar substances are found in barley and oats. Since gluten damages the lining of the small intestine of coeliacs, it makes their ability to absorb adequate nutrients from food difficult, which results in severe illness resembling malnutrition. Coeliacs may be acutely ill with weight loss, tiredness, lethargy and breathlessness. The only treatment which can rectify a coeliac condition is a gluten-free diet. A coeliac m... read more

Having a dietary condition, such as coeliac disease, irritable bowel syndrome, diverticular disease, bloating or any other digestive disorders doesn't mean that you have to miss out on great-tasting food. Some of Australia's finest and well-known chefs, such as Neil Perry, Serge Dansereau, Philip Johnson, Shannon Bennett, Matthew Kemp, Justin North, and many more have created recipes that not only taste delicious but are good for you. From exciting entrees and tasty snacks to gorgeous mains and delectable desserts, The Gut Foundati... read more

Fully updated to include the latest GI Values and G symbol program participants for 2009! The tables and the comprehensive lists of foods and their GI values are the key to unlocking the fantastic health benefits of a low GI diet.

With the power to refresh your skin, clean your home and add a touch of magic to your food, lemons truly have 'miraculous' properties and this is a wonderful pocket guide to using them as a powerful natural remedy, reliable beauty aid and useful household resource

This is a revised and updated version of the definitive peanut allergy book. Since the publication of "The Peanut Allergy Answer Book" in May 2001, there has been much additional research published in the field of peanut allergy and anaphylaxis in medical literature. This research includes new diagnostic tests, new vaccines and therapies, and new information on the history of peanut allergy. In addition, there has also been a great increase in public awareness of the societal impact of peanut allergy, such as in schools and other c... read more

Time with your children is precious to every parent, so you don't want to spend hours in the kitchen preparing food. "Top 100 Meals in Minutes" comes to the rescue with recipes that require minimal time and effort, but are still delicious and nutritionally balanced. Annabel Karmel, the leading authority on how we feed our children, takes away the stress of what to cook to keep your children healthy and happy, providing age-appropriate, delicious meals for babies and toddlers. Easy-to-follow instructions, combined with mouth-waterin... read more